Non Arabic Proper nouns: Most of the non Arabic proper nouns are unnunated and therefore they do not take Tanwīn. e.g.:

The Biblical Names: Most of the Biblical names do not take Tanwīn e.g., names of most of the Prophets: i.e.:يَعْقُوبُ، إِسْحَاقُ، عِيْسَى، دَاوُدُetc. because they are not derived from an Arabic origin.

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